Franconia Beer Message Board

Definitely by 1900, Pilsner Urquell was first brewed in 1838, and pale beers were brewed before then from unsmoked malts. I’m not sure why it wasn’t identified but perhaps it’s because Bamberg breweries would have been relatively unknown. Even today it’s somewhat under the radar of modern craft beer and even Bavarian’s have this warped view that Munich is some kind of beer Mecca.